above the clouds; the heavens
appointment; assignment; promotion
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
originally; by nature; from the start
starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; (arch.) provincial school (under Japan's ritsuryo system and pre-Sui Chinese law)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
recommendation; referral; endorsement
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
incident; affair; happening; event
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)